14 C.F.R. § 61.411

What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?

        Use the following table to determine the experience you must have for each aircraft category and class:

                    If you are applying for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating
                    for . . .

                Then you must log at least . . .
                Which must include at least . . .

                (a) Airplane category and single-engine class privileges,
                (1) 150 hours of flight time as a pilot,

                    (i) 100 hours of flight time as pilot in command in powered aircraft,
                    (ii) 50 hours of flight time in a single-engine airplane,
                    (iii) 25 hours of cross-country flight time,
                    (iv) 10 hours of cross-country flight time in a single-engine airplane, and

                 

                (v) 15 hours of flight time as pilot in command in a single-engine airplane that is a light-sport aircraft.

                (b) Glider category privileges,

                    (1) 25 hours of flight time as pilot in command in a glider, 100 flights in a glider, and 15 flights as pilot in command in a glider that is a light-sport aircraft, or
                    (2) 100 hours in heavier-than-air aircraft, 20 flights in a glider, and 15 flights as pilot in command in a glider that is a light-sport aircraft

                (c) Rotorcraft category and gyroplane class privileges,
                (1) 125 hours of flight time as a pilot,

                    (i) 100 hours of flight time as pilot in command in powered aircraft,
                    (ii) 50 hours of flight time in a gyroplane,

                 

                (iii) 10 hours of cross-country flight time,

                 

                (iv) 3 hours of cross-country flight time in a gyroplane, and

                 

                (v) 15 hours of flight time as pilot in command in a gyroplane that is a light-sport aircraft.

                (d) Lighter-than-air category and airship class privileges,
                (1) 100 hours of flight time as a pilot,

                    (i) 40 hours of flight time in an airship,
                    (ii) 20 hours of pilot in command time in an airship,

                 

                (iii) 10 hours of cross-country flight time,

                 

                (iv) 5 hours of cross-country flight time in an airship, and

                 

                (v) 15 hours of flight time as pilot in command in an airship that is a light-sport aircraft.

                (e) Lighter-than-air category and balloon class privileges,
                (1) 35 hours of flight time as pilot-in-command,

                    (i) 20 hours of flight time in a balloon,
                    (ii) 10 flights in a balloon, and

                 

                (iii) 5 flights as pilot in command in a balloon that is a light-sport aircraft.

                (f) Weight-shift-control aircraft category privileges,
                (1) 150 hours of flight time as a pilot,

                    (i) 100 hours of flight time as pilot in command in powered aircraft,
                    (ii) 50 hours of flight time in a weight-shift-control aircraft,

                 

                (iii) 25 hours of cross-country flight time,

                 

                (iv) 10 hours of cross-country flight time in a weight-shift-control aircraft, and

                 

                (v) 15 hours of flight time as pilot in command in a weight-shift-control aircraft that is a light-sport aircraft.

                (g) Powered-parachute category privileges,
                (1) 100 hours of flight time as a pilot,

                    (i) 75 hours of flight time as pilot in command in powered aircraft,
                    (ii) 50 hours of flight time in a powered parachute,

                 

                (iii) 15 hours of cross-country flight time,

                 

                (iv) 5 hours of cross-country flight time in a powered parachute, and

                 

                (v) 15 hours of flight time as pilot in command in a powered parachute that is a light-sport aircraft.

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